diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8fff1d3..866889a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ MANIFEST
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
 #  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
 *.manifest
-*.spec
 
 # Installer logs
 pip-log.txt
diff --git a/src/merlinator.spec b/src/merlinator.spec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce9b433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/merlinator.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# -*- mode: python ; coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+a = Analysis(
+    ['merlinator.py', 'main_gui.py', 'treeviews.py', 'io_utils.py', 'gui_actions.py', 'audio.py', 'audio_converter.py'],
+    pathex=['data/'],
+    binaries=[],
+    datas=[('data/defaultPics.zip', '.'), ('data/defaultPics.zip', 'data')],
+    hiddenimports=[],
+    hookspath=[],
+    hooksconfig={},
+    runtime_hooks=[],
+    excludes=[],
+    noarchive=False,
+)
+pyz = PYZ(a.pure)
+
+exe = EXE(
+    pyz,
+    a.scripts,
+    a.binaries,
+    a.datas,
+    [],
+    name='merlinator',
+    debug=False,
+    bootloader_ignore_signals=False,
+    strip=False,
+    upx=True,
+    upx_exclude=[],
+    runtime_tmpdir=None,
+    console=True,
+    disable_windowed_traceback=False,
+    argv_emulation=False,
+    target_arch=None,
+    codesign_identity=None,
+    entitlements_file=None,
+    contents_directory='data',
+)